Small Scale Military Headquarters

...after all, RAF had already tried other combinations earlier! http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/714/027ib.jpg Obviously, the Hawker Hurricane Mistel picture I found while googling, is protoshoped. I am really sorry - I didn't know. http://www.imagehosting.gr/out.php/i1494725_myth-busted.jpg I se...

I've been asked what would be the purpose of a Mistel with a manned flying bomb and why I am building this project using a FW-190D Dora instead of an A-model. So, I need to clear some things before proceeding to project's building: We all know that Fi-103R "Reichenberg" piloted bombs really existed ...

CHAPTER II - Instrument panel & cockpit construction The Focke Wulf FW-190D Dora, was a single seat, single engine fighter aircraft of Luftwaffe and one of the best fighters of its generation. Compared to the Messerschmitt Bf-109, the FW-190 was a "workhorse," employed in and proved suitable for a ...

CHAPTER I - Focke Wulf FW-190D9 Dora sections disassembly This 52cm long 1/18 scale 21st Century Toys model needs massive scratch building and I quickly understood that I'd need to spend hundreds hours on my hobby bench to make it look descent. To do so, I had to start disassembling the FW to its o...

1/18 scale Focke Wulf FW-190D9 Dora & Fieseler Fi-103R2 Reichenberg Mistel 21st Century Toys & Pegasus Hobbies conversion & scratchbuild The Mistel (Mistletoe in German language), also known as Beethoven Gerät or Vati und Sohn (Daddy and Son), was a Luftwaffe composite aircraft type of bomber, appe...

Found into my old sparebox, a cracked & damaged 1/48 scale fire extinguisher could be also be upgraded to become the metal oval shaped tank found into the main landing gear bay, known as the Halon 1301 (also known as Bromotrifluoromethane CBrF3, which is a an organic halide to provide fuel cell iner...

flyboy_fx wrote:can you give a pic of the airplane further back to see the base of this operation? I do not have any 1/18 modern jets.

If you go back and read the topic from the beginning, you can watch many pictures of the aircraft while building.

The main landing gear bay basic lines were copied from the T.O manual, lined out with green ink marker and later cut 'n' drilled from white plastic card. Blueprint copies enlarged to 1/18 scale, were used to cut the possessors on exact shape & size and later set into place. http://img836.imageshack....

Remember that epoxy materials are dangerous when breath or shallow and could result skin, eyes or lungs problems or even cancer when used for long period with no precaution measures. Always keep in mind, that a powerful vacuum system to suck away the epoxy dust should be used all time to keep the w...

Using 0.75mm drill, a single hole opened on the air intake tube, to later host a pitot sensor which is normally can be found just before the engine's intake fan. This drilling should be done now, before connecting the main landing gear bay construction with lower part of F-16's surface and the pitot...

I walk in the house throw myself on the lazyboy and ask what is for dinner after a long day of filling and sanding Typical scale modeler's return from work bench: Scale modeler : Yo bitch! Did ya get your fat ass cook some sh1t? Modeler's wife : Same ol' sh1t U lazy modelcholic mothe'foker! Scale m...

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CHAPTER IV - Main landing gear bay construction The main landing gear bay of this toy is so simple and looks so unreal. I realized that I had to pay much more attention and start scratchbuilding the area, starting from zero. The main landing gear bay is one of the most complex areas on the real F-1...

The F-16's hot air exhaust of the ECS (Environment Condition System) comes in two different shapes. The old A/B types come with small cover. Here is the way it is covered nowdays on newest Block 52s F-16C/D. The basic shape of the ECS cover made by plastic card and the air exhaust detail will be add...

Once the chalk is fully dissolved into the water/soap mixture it is time to "paint" this mixture on the inner embossed detail on the afterburner's area. "Painting" the mixture is simple - just apply it anywhere it is needed to darken recessed detail. The mixture can be applied carelessly, because an...

As I personally believe that following simple techniques and sometimes unconventional methods, result in superior effects, I usually do not use enamel or acrylic paint to wash, because I feel risky when applying the paint mixture and let it run. I prefer an easier technique that can be undone if the...

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After placing the cable tape into the base cylinder without spreading clue, I pressed it against the plastic using my thumb, to eliminate any possible bumps or waves that may appeared. Thank to accurate calculations the cable tape ends, came exactly one against the other, almost in a perfect facing ...

CHAPTER III - Engine's afterburner area construction Starting to work behind the engine's last stage blades and the afterburner's spoked frame, I had to simulate in scale the inner embossed detail on the afterburner's area. Following the exact blueprint plans of the T.O service manual used for the ...

Using styrene plastic card, I formed an 1-inch wide ring and placed it to the air intake tube's end, in order to fit perfectly the Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan engine's 1st stage blade fans structure, which displayed earlier. Epoxy putty filled the gaps and formed the tube's end diameter to a perfe...

After proper sanding, the air intake tube looks OK

CHAPTER II - Air intake tube construction Because the main BBI - Elite Force kit was very poor on detail and had the air intake tube sealed, I had to first open the air intake by cutting the plastic and then build from scratch the approximately 30cm long tube, leading to the engine's 1st stage blad...

Hey Nick, Excellent job on the Engine Compressors. It's obvious you've done your homework and know the pain and time it takes to do real, quality work. Definitely a labour of love as opposed to something mass produced. Very few would know the lengths and frustrations that come with producing such w...

1/18 scale Lockheed Martin F-16CJ Fighting Falcon Block 52 Hellenic Air Force BBI - Elite Force conversion & scratchbuild The following article is to describe step by step the 1/18 scale Lockheed Martin F-16CJ Fighting Falcon Block 52, currently flying with Hellenic Air Force, conversion using the ...